89R17013 DNC-D By: Hickland H.B. No. 3598 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services from declining a placement. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 264.107, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (f) A child in the conservatorship of the department may not decline an appropriate placement under this section unless placement is not in the best interest of the child. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.